Photoisomerization acceleration in retinal protonated Schiff-base models

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1250-1255

  Sinicropi, Adalgisa ^a   Migani, Annapaola ^a   De Vico, Luca ^a   Olivucci, Massimo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Centro per lo Studio dei Sistemi Complessi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; RHODOPSIN; SCHIFF BASE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATOPHORE; CONJUGATION; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RETINA;

EID: 2942621714     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b307333p     Document Type: Article

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